Rock Minutes

Part one of a 3 part Series – 1st half of the Bands

When I was young, there was a show on Saturday afternoons called; Battle of the Stars. It normally aired about this time of year…in the late winter or early spring when there was little competition from the NFL or MLB. The show would take professional athletes from other sports and pit them against other top athletes in random challenges and courses. It was an entertaining show back in the day. I was thinking of that show the other day and it got me wondering…what if we had a Rock and Roll All Star Challenge. Who would be invitees to participate? What artist would compete on the same teams? I loved the idea. So I thought for this week, I would do a mock up of an All Star Battle of the Bands (based on the premise that each artist was in their prime and/or still alive).
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My first fear about writing this article is that I will come off as “too” old school…not current…stale. That my age has caught up with me and I have become my dad. We all remember as youths our parents talking about how great Elvis and Johnny Cash were and the crap I was listening to was just noise, but looking back, they might have been right. But I don’t think that is me. I like Kings of Leon, James Blunt, The Killers, My Chemical Romance, Angels and Airwaves, and many more current acts. But the overall state of music, as a whole, is about as bad as I have seen since 1986 or 1998 (the other years that started off terrible music trends).
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A few months ago Nick wrote a great article about the best movie moments that were interwoven with great music. It’s a rare combination with music and movie come together so perfectly that every time you hear that song, you think about that movie scene…they co-exist in a perfect symbiotic relationship like the conjoined twins Wang and Chang. Like Clapton’s reprise of Cocaine at the end of Goodfella’s or Stillwater’s acappella rendition of Tiny Dancer in Almost Famous these moments make the movie better. This article is a variation of that article with a more specific focus; this article will focus on the greatest comedy scenes of all time.
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For this week I thought I would make another list. Everyone seems to like them and normally they get a lot of responses and create much controversy…two things that I also enjoy. This week I am going to explore the list of…”the greatest remakes or covers of all time.”

In my opinion, rarely does a remake of a song ever capture the essence of the original. But…just every once in awhile the remake is better than the original. This occurrence is rare, but when it happens, it’s something beautiful. These songs are the 10 best remakes of all time, in no particular order. If you feel I have neglected your favorite remake, or cover of all time, please let me know in our comment section. I would be interested in knowing.
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You may notice that my title end’s with a period. And for the record Microsoft Word didn’t like that every much, it’s underlined in green. But I did that for a reason. I want it to be a statement, because the “who” in this instance stands for a noun, not an unknown subject. The Who is the greatest band of All time!

This is an argument as old as the ages…which band is ranked number one in the history of Rock and Roll. Many propionates say, with fire and stomach acid spewing from their guts, that the Beatles are the best band of all time. Than again, some others like to suggest the Rolling Stones. In preparing for this column I asked many different people what and who they thought was the best band of all time. I got answers like, The Eagles, Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin, U2, and someone even had the nerve to say Coldplay (don’t even get me started on the terribleness of Coldplay).
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